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Families of Munster

The southern province — six counties from the Aran archipelago east to Waterford. The kingdom of the Eóganachta, of Brian Boru's Dál Cais, and of the great Geraldine houses — Desmond and Kildare — that carried Norman ground into the Gaelic order.

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Counties of Munster · 6

  • Clare

    An Clár

    The Burren, Bunratty, the Cliffs of Moher — the kingdom of Thomond and the Ó Briain (O'Brien) homeland.

  • Cork

    Corcaigh

    The largest county — the Mac Cárthaigh kingdom of Desmond, the rebel city, and the Munster Plantation.

  • Kerry

    Ciarraí

    The peninsulas of Iveragh and Dingle — Mac Cárthaigh Mór, the Geraldines of Desmond, and the last Munster Gaelic ground.

  • Limerick

    Luimneach

    The Treaty City on the Shannon — siege country of 1690 and 1691.

  • Tipperary

    Tiobraid Árann

    The Golden Vale, Cashel of the Kings — seat of the Eóganachta and, later, of the Butler palatinate of Ormond.

  • Waterford

    Port Láirge

    Veðrafjǫrðr — the Norse foundation, the Decies, and the Mac Craith bardic country.